jeff parker has something nice to say about yours truly:
The Awful Possibilities of Christian TeBordo put me in mind of Quentin Tarantino on short story juice. The violence and depravity ride the surface, where I like them, and the heart is a lyrical heart. Add to that creepy postcards with cryptic messages and this collection attacks from all sides.
thanks, jeff!
could have been anybody
by the way, everybody, jeff parker also has a collection of stories coming out about the same time as i do. it’s called the taste of penny, and it’s one of the two books i’m looking forward to in the first part of the year (the other one being sam lipsyte’s the ask).
also, featherproof has put up the christian tebordo memorial page. it might give you some sense of what it looks like inside the awful possibilities, and it shows you how to order if you haven’t yet.
thanks, featherproof!
what about not-christian tebordo?
well, friend of christian tebordo (and awesome poet, as i’ve mentioned before) david gruber is now sharing his wisdom with the internet (and he started by taking my advice about padgett powell). keep it up, david.
and, finally, ad jameson, who has commented here, but whom i can’t actually say that i know, wrote an epic response to james wood’s how fiction works at big other. like i said, i’m not too familiar with this jameson fellow, but, well, read it — whether you agree with it or not, it’s rare that you find such a smart and thorough piece on the intarz.
it’s interesting that he posted about james wood this week, because while i haven’t read how fiction works, i’m pretty sure wood has a crush a madame bovary or something, and i’m just finishing up the book flaubert wrote about her. maybe i’ll say something about her soon. but i ain’t crushing on her myself.